Galatea

The myth of the Pygmalion and Galatea us one of the most influential and inspiring ancient Greek myths, and became the main theme for theatrical plays, movies, and artistic paintings. The main idea of the mythological story can be traced from ancient times, all the up to very modernized productions and literature. The themes of the original story and all of the reinterpretations have to do with a metamorphosis of some kind, and the ideas of how a woman should look and behave. Pygmalion is a Greek myth in Orvid’s narrative. In the story, Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory. Pygmalion had sworn off dating and women, he had always had trouble when it came to women. After having too many negative experiences with dating, he grew to despise the female gender so much that he swore off of them. To forget his worries, Pygmalion would turn to the arts, and he found he was quite gifted in sculpting. Using his skills in carving and his hatred of odious women, he began to carve a statue out of ivory, but not just any statue, it was a woman. The woman he began to carve was the woman of his wildest fantasies. She was beautiful, Pygmalion gave her every quality that he would want in a human spouse. Eventually Pygmalion fell in love with his…

He has become obsessed with his creation to point to where he then devotes all his time into making sure that Galatea is pampered, and will not have to worry about taking care of herself as he will do it for her. This can also be seen in Jean-Léon Gérôme’s painting, as there is another painting showing a man showing respect towards a woman who is of a high standard. The painting can also show the same relationship with Pygmalion and Galatea. Hence Pygmalion is giving Galatea many gifts to show…

Botticelli, himself, created the painting to prove that non-Christian painting could be seen as beautiful, since most paintings during the Renaissance were themed around Christianity. In a similar painting from 1860, is Pygmalion and Galatea by Jean-Leon Gerome. The painting depicts the the Greek tale of Pygmalion who had created a sculpture of a woman so beautiful that he fell in love with it. He prayed to Aphrodite, and she brought his statue to life for him. In the painting it shows Pygmalion…

“Galatea vs. Birth of Venus” From the detailed hands of antiquity, both the work of Botticelli and Raphael speak to the ages through near perfection. So often the work of the Renaissance brought new life to the classics, reminding us of the footprints of humanity. Seen in both “Birth of Venus” (ca. 1482) and “Galatea” (ca. 1513), the theme of divine love is portrayed through the mythical ideals of the feminine form. An ode to nature through the sexual sense of the female nude, both works…

The Origin of Galatea Étoile I remember when I was just a little five year old, my mother, a zoologist, received an offer for an eight year study in America. My parents decided that my father and older sister, Arielle, who was almost finished with primary school, were going to stay back in France, while my mother, tiny one year old baby brother, _____, and I went to America. Though we were miles apart, we'd always visit each other during holidays. As I grew up in America, I learned…

Just like the common themes found in Iphis and Ianthe from Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Galatea, there are some common themes from Galatea found in William Shakespeare’s play As You Like It. This common theme is the idea of a woman dressing up as a man and falling in love with another person. Even with these commonalities, there are many differences between these two plays in both plot and what each play says about gender, love, and marriage. Using this, the end of the play Galatea can be better…

When the story of “Diana and Actaeon” is mentioned, one’s mind most commonly recalls the episode in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which Actaeon accidentally stumbles upon the goddess Diana naked in the woods during a hunting trip, and she metamorphoses him into a deer; therefore, his hunting dogs devour him (Ovid 55). “Diana and Actaeon” is a very well known episode from the Metamorphoses; it is where Ovid first delves into a discussion of whether the gods are just in their punishments towards…

The Single-Minded Cyclops The story of Acis and Galatea illustrates a love triangle between Acis, Galatea, and Polyphemus. Galatea is a sea nymph who is the object of both Acis’ and Polyphemus’ affection. Galatea, however, wants nothing to do with Polyphemus, and although Galatea repeatedly shows her hatred for him, Polyphemus still blindly pursues her. Ovid could have chosen anyone to be the pursuer of Galatea, so why did he chose Polyphemus? The cyclops Polyphemus was chosen because he has one…

how difficult is it.” Time go and gone.the night is deep,Pygmalion has to go home.At his home, Pygmalion walks from left to right,right to left,left to right.He is gloomy and upset.He signed:”I have never fall in love with someone,because they are too common,but now, I love a wax statue,I do not know whether is a punishment for me or a fortune.I will pray to all gods to bless Galatea could became a real girl.If it can not come true.I will as if live in hell day and night.” Galatea: ” Before I…

Compared to the Homer’s version, this version of Polyphemus actually had been more humanized with a lot of emotions, especially when pursuing Galatea. What this two version in common was that Polyphemus was still described as a monstrous-like character with a distinct appearance with one eye. In addition, in both version of myths, Polyphemus was portrayed not that positively. According to homer, he was regarded as a hostile and cruel character because the way he treated Odysseus and others.…